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SUMMARY:Vocational studies in school – does it matter if I’m a girl an
 d if I’m poor? - Professor John Polesel and Dr Veronica Volkoff\, Univer
 sity of Melbourne\, Australia
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CONTACT:Susannah Lacon
DESCRIPTION:This presentation examines the participation and performance o
 f young women in a new school-based vocational program in Australia. It do
 es so within a broader context of VET provision in schools and persistent 
 patterns of gender and socio-economic status differences in curriculum cho
 ice. It presents evidence that young women experience poorer transitions t
 han their male peers.  Subject to a labour market which has become increas
 ingly hostile to young female workers\, young women find themselves at gre
 ater risk of being unemployed or working in poorly paid and largely part-t
 ime\, casualised occupations.
LOCATION:Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\
 , Cambridge\, room GS1
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